Snails aren’t always a welcome sight in the garden, but these cheery little mollusks will steal your heart – but they won’t steal a single bite of your plants!

Materials:

Knitting Loom: KB Sock Loom 2

Yarn: Red Heart Soft was used for head/body; Red Heart Unforgettable was used for the shell.

Notions: Knitting tool, scissors, yarn needle, fiberfill for stuffing, needle and thread, 6 mm buttons for eyes. Optional: flower or bow embellishment.

Finished Size: Approximately 2” in length by 2” in height

Gauge: Not essential for this project.

Special Techniques:

Adding a Gathering Thread: Cut a 15” length of yarn and thread it on to the yarn needle. Push the yarn needle up under the stitch on peg 1. Pull the length of yarn up through the stitch, stopping when an inch or two remains at the bottom of the stitch. Move to the next peg and push the yarn needle up under the stitch. Pull the length of yarn until all of the slack is gone between the two pegs. Continue working in this manner until the gathering line has been pulled up under the last stitch in the round. Remove the yarn needle. Leave the gathering line in place. It will be used later to shape the snail’s neck. Continue on as directed in the pattern.